7. Swap oatcakes and flapjacks for dark chocolate

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While oat cakes and flapjacks make a great afternoon snack, they are also high in calories. So if you are having a 3pm sugar craving, Wilkinson suggests eating three squares of good quality dark chocolate with a minimum 70% cocoa.

“This amount will only contain a relatively small amount of sugar, and there is also evidence that dark chocolate has health benefits,” says Wilkinson.

“You can also try a small pot of sugar-free plain yoghurt, with a teaspoon of pure cocoa or raw cacao powder.”

Call it catching two birds with one stone, but using cauliflower rice not only cut calories, it will also increase your veg intake.

“Cooked rice has 218 calories per cup, with cauliflower rice coming at 25 calories per cup,” says Soutter. “This swap doesn’t have to be boring, you can flavour your cauliflower rice with a tasty combination of spices.”

9. Swap stuffed-crust pizza for thin-crust pizza

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“Thin-crust pizzas contain less dough and therefore fewer calories than other types, whereas stuffed crust pizzas can add 50 to 70 calories per slice, compared to a normal pizza,” says Wilkinson. “If you really want to cut down on the calories share a pizza rather than having a whole one.

“A medium pizza can easily contain 1,000 to 1,500 calories or even more, with some large pizzas tipping the scale at around 3,000 calories.”

10. Swap some avocado in guacamole for courgette

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Avocado may be the superfood of the moment but it also high in calories. In fact, one flesh of one medium California avocado can contain as many as 322 calories.

“Guacamole can still taste amazing without it’s calorie punch, by blending in a few cooked slices of courgette you can shave off at least 100 calories,” says Soutter.